Douglas County Commissioner George Teal floated the thought-about using eminent dwelling to seize a Denver mountain park positioned all by the south metro county, a conservative counter pole to Colorado’s liberal capital metropolis.
Nonetheless Denver Mayor Michael Hancock is having none of it. In a sternly worded letter addressed to Teal this week, Hancock, wrote, “It is additional additional additional additional liable to be a disservice to the communities we signify to create the misunderstanding that the standing of Daniels Park is a matter up for dialogue.
“It isn’t,” the mayor talked about.
Teal views taking up Daniels Park as a solution to counteract a merely acceptable now adopted Denver ordinance that bans hid carry firearms in parks and absolutely absolutely absolutely absolutely absolutely absolutely absolutely absolutely absolutely absolutely absolutely absolutely absolutely absolutely absolutely absolutely absolutely absolutely absolutely absolutely absolutely absolutely absolutely absolutely absolutely absolutely absolutely absolutely absolutely absolutely absolutely absolutely absolutely absolutely absolutely absolutely absolutely absolutely absolutely absolutely absolutely absolutely absolutely absolutely absolutely absolutely absolutely absolutely absolutely absolutely absolutely absolutely absolutely absolutely absolutely absolutely absolutely absolutely absolutely absolutely absolutely absolutely absolutely absolutely absolutely absolutely absolutely absolutely absolutely absolutely absolutely absolutely absolutely absolutely absolutely absolutely absolutely absolutely absolutely absolutely absolutely completely totally different metropolis corporations.
The Douglas County licensed educated has been instructed by the three-member board of commissioners to have a look on the intergovernmental settlement that governs the 1,000-acre park, county spokeswoman Wendy Holmes talked about. That is as far as the commissioners have taken the difficulty. No date has been set for a follow-up dialogue of that evaluation, primarily based absolutely absolutely absolutely absolutely absolutely absolutely absolutely absolutely absolutely absolutely absolutely absolutely absolutely on Holmes.
9News first reported on Teal’s plans remaining week. He raised this draw as shortly as additional at a commissioners’ work session on June 13. All by that meeting, Teal talked about, “I’d should request an authorities session significantly for the needs of receiving licensed suggestion on persevering with with taking movement to convey Daniels Park into Douglas County possession,” primarily based absolutely absolutely absolutely absolutely absolutely absolutely absolutely absolutely absolutely absolutely absolutely absolutely absolutely on 9News.
Teal did not return a voicemail in quest of comment for this story nonetheless positively thought-about positively one amongst his fellow commissioners, Lora Thomas, moreover usually usually usually usually usually usually usually usually usually usually usually usually usually usually usually usually usually usually usually usually moreover typically typically often known as the thought-about seizing Daniels Park ridiculous.
Thomas, who has been at odds with Teal and fellow commissioner Abe Laydon for months, talked about she first realized of a Teal’s thought by a constituent who despatched her a screenshot of Teal’s Fb web web web web web web web web web web web web web web web web web web web web web web web web web web web web web web web web web web web web web web web web web web web web web web web web web web web web web web web web web web web web web web web web web web web web web web web web web web web web web web web web web web net web page. Contained all by the screenshotted publish, Teal discusses seizing the park attributable to Denver’s newest swap to limit Second Modification rights, Thomas talked about.
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After being contacted by a constituent, Thomas talked about he immediately reached out to Denver officers and urged them to tune into the June 13 session to ship the message that metropolis was not amused by the thought. The park, positioned south of Highlands Ranch nonetheless owned by Denver for elevated than a century, has been the subject of a cooperative agreement between the two counties since 2008. It is dwelling to part of Denver’s bison herd along with the Tall Bull Memorial Grounds cultural dwelling, an dwelling put apart for use by Indigenous peoples.
Thomas talked about she would not have voted in favor of the hid carry ban alternate alternate alternate picks Denver adopted remaining month nonetheless she is solely not in favor of trying to take over the park each. She has heard from Denver officers that the sale value would possibly presumably be spherical $800 million.
“I don’t know the place we would get the money and our residents can already earnings from that park with out value,” Thomas talked about “Why would we do that?”
Teal made public statements about caring with Denver officers fairly just a few change in possession, Thomas talked about.
Hancock, in his letter Tuesday, refuted that. Whereas the mayor is open to discussing components with regional components with neighboring counties and officers, he would not view Daniels Park’s possession that methodology.
Hancock wrote that he has no exact curiosity in “perpetuating a flawed notion that there is any earnings to the thought Douglas County can observe eminent dwelling authority to assemble up a park owned by the mom and father of Denver … because you disagree with an ordinance handed by the Denver Metropolis Council and signed into regulation to promote public safety.”